Supporters are likening a five-year ban on Marine Le Pen running for office to a political witch-hunt. But the criticisms — and death threats to a judge — could backfire.

Benedicte de Perthuis, head of the three-judge panel that found Le Pen guilty of embezzling EU funds, issued a five-year ban on the politician seeking public office on Monday. Following the ruling, de ...

The leader of France’s National Rally (RN) party, Marine Le Pen, told supporters she would not give up despite being found ...

A torrent of online abuse has been directed at Bénédicte de Perthuis, the judge who presided over the Paris court on Monday.

Analysts say the judgment barring Marine Le Pen from running for public office plunges France into more political uncertainty.

The judge who banned Marine Le Pen from the 2027 French presidential race is under police protection after receiving death threats and having her address shared online. The case has sparked a ...

A 76-year-old Frenchman was given an eight-month suspended sentence for threatening a judge who barred Marine Le Pen from the ...

Benedicte de Perthuis, a judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from the 2027 French presidential election, is under police protection due to death threats. President Macron called for ...

The judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in France's 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having her home address shared online, ...

was a candidate in the presidential election," judge Benedicte de Perthuis, was quoted as saying by the French news agency AFP. De Perthuis also sentenced Le Pen to four years in prison but said ...

Judge Benedicte de Perthuis said Le Pen had been "at the heart" of the scheme. She is now barred from running against President Emmanuel Macron in the next election. "This is a seismic political ...

PARIS, April 2 (Reuters) - The judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in France's 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having ...